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Office Held

A record of a position of duty or function held by a person within an institution or organization, with its start and end dates.

The Office Held object records a service contributed by a person in a position of duty or function, identifying the name and type of office and the institution or organization to which it is attached.

Start and end dates bound the period the office was held, allowing the record to be used alongside other career-stage and service records in the structured object model.

Fields

6 fields

Field nameTypeDefinitionBound to
End DatedateThe date the position ended, if applicable.
InstitutiontextThe name of the affiliated institution.
Office Held TypetextThe nature of the office held.
Office Name*textThe name of the office held.
Other OrganizationtextThe name of any other organization affiliated with this office.
Start DatedateThe date the person began this position.

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